Deep Calls to Deep
Deep Calls to Deep
Podcast Description
Deep Calls to Deep comes from Psalm 42:7, expressing our longing for a deeper relationship with God and Spirit-filled conversations. We explore how people discovered God’s calling and turned their communities into mission fields.
For non-believers, we share real stories of Christians living for God’s glory. For believers, we hope to inspire you to seek His purpose and pursue your mission. Scripture teaches that finding your God-given purpose transforms your life, and the church is where you connect with others who share your mission.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of faith, purpose, and community impact, with episodes addressing topics such as the intersection of medicine and spirituality, as seen in Episode 2 featuring a sleep medicine fellow's reflections on faith during challenging patient encounters, and the call to live with mission in the corporate world highlighted in Episode 1 with a corporate strategy director.
Deep Calls to Deep comes from Psalm 42:7, expressing our longing for a deeper relationship with God and Spirit-filled conversations. We explore how people discovered God’s calling and turned their communities into mission fields.
For non-believers, we share real stories of Christians living for God’s glory. For believers, we hope to inspire you to seek His purpose and pursue your mission. Scripture teaches that finding your God-given purpose transforms your life, and the church is where you connect with others who share your mission.
Description
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Yang Shao, a Harvard-trained chemist, Fremont City Councilmember for District 4, and candidate for California State Assembly. Dr. Shao’s story is one of unexpected convergences — science and faith, research and public service, personal conviction and political cost — all held together by a deep trust that God calls us to steward our gifts for the good of others.
Yang’s path to faith began not in a church, but in the high-pressure world of a Nobel Prize winner’s lab at Harvard, where he stumbled into a Chinese student Bible study group and experienced what he describes as nothing short of miracles. That encounter transformed how he understood his own work — and eventually drew him out of the lab and into public life altogether. Through smear campaigns and protests outside his home, his anchor has remained daily prayer, a fiercely supportive wife, and one conviction: that good policy is one of the most powerful ways to love your neighbor at scale.
Whether you’re wondering how your faith connects to your work, feeling a pull toward something beyond your comfort zone, or simply looking for an example of what it looks like to lead with integrity in a cynical world, Dr. Yang Shao’s story is one you won’t forget.
Learn more about Yang Shao’s Candidacy for California State Assembly District 24: Yang Shao For State Assembly 2026
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586749055037
Political Profile: Yang Shao – Ballotpedia
Government Profile: Mayor & City Council | City of Fremont, CA Official Website
Fremont California and Mission San Jose: Fremont, California – Wikipedia
California State Assembly: California State Assembly – Wikipedia
Local Government: Local government – Wikipedia
Scripture IndexWe Are All SinnersRom 3:23We Need the Salvation of Jesus Christ
Jn 3:16, Acts 4:12, Jn 14:6, Rom 6:23, Rom 10:9, Eph 2:8-9, 1 Timothy 2:5, Tit 3:5Healing the Community
Isa 58:6-7People have Inherent Dignity
Gen 1:27, Ps 139:14, Ps 8:4-5, Matt 10:31, Lk 12:7, Jer 1:5, Eph 2:10, Rom 5:8, Isa 43:4, Gal 3:28We Have Many Talents to Serve Others
Matt 25:14-15, 1 Pet 4:10, Eph 2:10, Jas 1:17Being Salt and Light
Matt 5:13-16, Phil 2:15, Eph 5:8, 2 Cor 4:6
Seek Peace and Prosperity of the City
Jer 29:4-9
Jesus As an Example of Service
Mark 10:45
Answering to God
Rom 14:12, Heb 4:13, Matt 12:36
Prophecy
Acts 2:17, Joel 2:28
Winning at the Cost of your Soul is not Winning
Matt 16:26, Mark 8:36-37
Jesus is the Bread of Life
Jn 6:48-51
Many Disciples Stopped Following Jesus
Jn 6:66-67
God Looks to Faithful Stewards
Lk 16:10-12, Matt 25:21, Lk 12:42-43, 1 Pet 4:10
Learn to Speak the Language of your Community
1 Cor 9:19-22
Importance of Mentors
1 Cor 11:1, Phil 4:9
You are Created by God
Gen 1:27, Ps 139:13-14, Jer 1:5, Eph 2:10
We are Blessed by God
Eph 1:3, Jas 1:17, Matt 5:3-6
We are Led by the Holy Spirit
Rom 8:14, Jn 16:13, Gal 5:16, Gal 5:25
We Have a Divine Purpose
Jer 29:11, Eph 2:10, Rom 8:28
Keeping Integrity
1 Chr 29:17, Tit 2:7-8, Prov 11:3, Prov 25:21, Prov 10:9
God Wants Us to Receive the Reward
Matt 25:21, Rev 22:12, Heb 11:6, Jas 1:12
The Power of Prayer / Daily Quiet Time
Mk 1:35, Lk 18:1, Phil 4:6-7, 1 Thess 5:17
Answered Prayer / Miracles
Matt 7:7-8, Jn 14:13-14
Divine Healing
Matt 8:16-17, 1 Pet 2:24, Jas 5:14-15
The Spouse as a Spiritual Partner / Anchor
1 Pet 3:7, Eph 5:25-28
Humility / Guarding Against Pride
Lk 14:11, Phil 2:3-4, Jas 4:6, 1 Pet 5:5-6
Suffering / Persecution for Righteousness
Matt 5:10-12, Acts 5:41, Rom 8:35-37, 1 Pet 3:14-17, 2 Tim3:12
Not Being a People-Pleaser
Acts 5:29, Gal 1:10, Col 3:23-24, 1 Thess 2:4
Special Thanks:
Paul Liu, our episode 4 guest, for introducing us to Dr. Shao.
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